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SUBKINGDOM VERTEBKATA. 

 Fig. 156. 



Jaculus hudsontus, Jumping Mouse. . 



Muridse. The Common Rats and Mice have naked tails; 

 five toes on the hind feet ; and four on the front, with a sort 

 of wart representing a thumb. The Meadow Mouse is 

 noticeable for the winding, shallow paths it traces among the 



Fig. 157. 



Arvicola riparia, Meadow Mouse. f . 



grass leading to its nest. The Deer Mouse dwells in the 

 woods and fields in summer, and in granaries in winter. 



Fig. 158. 



The 



Hesperdmys teutibpus, Deer, or White-footed Mouse. 



